throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: Covid-19: UK faces 50k cases a day by October without action
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throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: Covid-19: UK faces 50k cases a day by October without action
But those are vastly different countries, there are far too many variables to unpack before making a conclusive decision.
Freedoms are being infringed, but I do understand the need to sacrifice. We're not being asked for a lot compared to previous generations.
What we do need is real leadership though and lack of leadership is causing people to check out of caring about the virus. People would care a lot more if they believed their government had a plan.
throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: Covid-19: UK faces 50k cases a day by October without action
Eh... Boris' job is literally to make decisions, some of which may be intensely unpopular or criticised by the media. Being spineless is not a vote winner.
throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: Covid-19: UK faces 50k cases a day by October without action
Could this have been prevented? China was only able to act fast because of the authoritarianism (bolting people indoors) and the global supply chain is sat in their backyard, not necessarily because they're making the right investment upfront.
throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: Covid-19: UK faces 50k cases a day by October without action
As an actual Tory (not popular around here I'll admit) I'm amazed at how Boris' attempt to make everyone happy has resulted in across the board hate. It's the same mistake that Theresa May made, so surely you'd think he'd understand that.
throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: We need young programmers; We need old programmers
Positive discrimination is just discrimination, in all contexts. Older engineers don't need your charity.
throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: Robert Gore has died
If your plane goes down in the middle of a battlefield, you'll need a good coat...
throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: Meeting everyone on a new team
Software Engineer
throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: The majority of 18- to 29-year-olds in the US are now living with their parents
It's still possible possible to build a house today and live in it, and there is plenty of land, even some going for cheap. But most people don't want that because they make that trade off for today's luxuries.
throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: The majority of 18- to 29-year-olds in the US are now living with their parents
You clearly do not understand the economics behind renting. Wealth extraction as you call it, isn't pure profit for the layers above. Your rent pays for the landlord's mortgage, maintenance, inspection and risk being taken on from a tenant. Your landlord pays the bank, who use the money to pay off their own obligations, including your grandparents pension plan. It would never be possible to adjust that system.
The other reason things are so high is there are too many people and not enough houses, so there's little opportunity for competition.
throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: The majority of 18- to 29-year-olds in the US are now living with their parents
Yes. You can always get a roommate and split the cost.
throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: The majority of 18- to 29-year-olds in the US are now living with their parents
+1 - I see this around me all the time.
throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on innovation
If Brexit succeeds then other countries will plan a leave of their own. That's the reason for all these punitive measures the EU is putting on the UK.
Innovation must stand up to the test of time, but history teaches us that large empires and political unions generally don't. Even the US might be having trouble one day.
throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: A whistleblower says Facebook ignored global political manipulation
And what happens when people start discussing politics and advertisers don't like it?
throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: Trapped in his body for 12 years, a man breaks free (2015)
The Barney song ("I love you") was used by the CIA as an interrogation technique. Here's an article about the practice: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_in_psychological_opera...
throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on innovation
But it's still terribly fragile and Brexit risks the whole thing collapsing. Not necessarily an innovation if it won't stand up to time.
throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: Debian project has plenty of money but not enough developers
Ugh, federal job guarantees don't work. Nothing in life is gauranteed.
throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: Go modules have a v2+ problem
Poor documentation seems to be a Google culture thing. I suspect that's why godoc is literally just source code comments wrapped in HTML.
throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: Journalists aren’t the enemy of the people. But we’re not your friends either
> In the future, I predict the newspapers will be naked propagandists. If they judge that some thing someone says or does is going to be bad for their party, they will just ignore it outright or lie about it.
You're not getting this. Today this is a great description of the status quo.
throwawayinfo | 5 years ago | on: All forms of signing email are generally solving the wrong problem
I'm a big fan of rotating keys monthly just to force automation. Maybe that's the answer?
Yes and no.
An individual right/freedom is immutable. It's not something "granted" to us by government, and not something they should be able to take away.
I understand the need for emergency measures, but in my opinion the government should've gotten consent before continuing this for months on end. There is a balance to be had here.
It's not a sacrifice if it's not a choice.
We now know the government doesn't have an exit strategy, so we could be stuck in this state for many more months to come. This is espet alarming when you consider people are missing NHS appointments (e.g. cancer diagnosis) or the serious economic issues. Serious fallout is coming.